Home›Private Spaceflight Participants›All Private Spaceflight ParticipantsBrowse ByAll Private Spaceflight ParticipantsReference and ClassificationDevelopingIndividuals who flew to space as self-funded, company-sponsored or specially selected participants outside any national astronaut corps, from the earliest paying space tourists on Soyuz to commercial crew and Teacher-in-Space participants. Belongs here: any spaceflight participant whose seat was not earned through selection into a national space agency's career astronaut corps, whatever their nationality. Does not belong here: a career astronaut selected and employed by a national space agency, grouped under that agency's own nation.FactsAll Private Spaceflight ParticipantsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField Origin EraWell-attested2001 1All Private Spaceflight ParticipantsFilter Results18 entriesNation / ProgramAllSpace Tourists and Private Astronauts (18)AgencyAllBlue Origin (4)NASA (1)Space Adventures (4)SpaceX (3)Virgin Galactic (4)Astronaut RoleAllCommander (1)Spaceflight Participant (17)Selection YearAll2021 (1)2022 (1)Number of FlightsAll1 (16)2 (2)NationalityAllAntigua and Barbuda (2)Canada (1)Egypt (1)Germany (1)Hungary (1)Iran (1)Japan (2)Mexico (1)Pakistan (1)United States (10)Birth YearAll1939 (1)1940 (1)1942 (1)1948 (1)1959 (1)1964 (1)1966 (1)1970 (1)1975 (1)1983 (1)1988 (1)1991 (1)1993 (1)1995 (1)2004 (1)Associated WithAllBlue Origin (1)NASA (2)Roscosmos (2)SpaceX (1)Virgin Galactic (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18Anastatia MayersPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsAnousheh AnsariPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsCharles SimonyiPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsDennis TitoPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsGuy LalibertéPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsHayley ArceneauxPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsJared IsaacmanPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsJeff BezosPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsKatya EchazarretaPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsKeisha SchahaffPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsNamira SalimPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsRabea RoggePrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsSara SabryPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsSian ProctorPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsSirisha BandlaPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsToyohiro AkiyamaPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsWally FunkPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsYusaku MaezawaPrivate Spaceflight ParticipantsSources1. Wikipedia: Dennis Titotier 2Wikimedia FoundationDennis Tito, lead sectionQuote, Dennis Tito, lead sectionDuring mid-2001, he became the first space tourist to fund his own visit to space, when he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.